Geurnsey Lily Festival

The Rouillard brothers have the recipe for a winner:

Take an attractive holiday island in easy reach of Britain.
Add an amateur movie festival run by enthusiasts.
Set it in a first rate hotel.
Top it off with that special, warm Guernsey welcome.

Rules, entry forms and details can be found on the official website.

Peter Rouillard

Richard Rouillard

Guernsey is one of the lovely Channel Islands just 80 miles south of England. There are easy links by air and sea. The festival arranges special accommodation deals and the hotel can also arrange package travel deals from the U.K.The Festival welcomes entries of up to 30 minutes. The closing date is 31st May and the festival itself is normally the third weekend in September, but later in 2005 (see below).

Result of Guernsey Lily Festival 2005

How the Guernsey Lily Festival started
Report of Guernsey Lily Festival 2004

Festival 2005 7-9 th October

The 2005 Guernsey Lily International Amateur Film & Video Festival will take place at the La Villette Hotel (www.lavillettehotel.co.uk), in the parish of St Martins from the 7th - 9th October. Ring the hotel (Tel +44 (0) 1481 235292 ) to check whether they still have rooms for that weekend, but mention the event as festival visitors get priority. See their website for details of facilities. If there is no room at that inn, there are others close at hand such as La Barbarie (www.labarbariehotel.com)

The deadline was 31st May. For the main competition they received 115 entries from:

Australia
9
Germany 3 Macedonia
3
Slovakia 1

Belgium
3
Guernsey 2 Malta
1
Spain 2

Czech Republic
1
Isle of Man 1 Netherlands
1
USA 1

England 70 Italy 1 Norway
1
Wales 1

France
2
Jersey 2 Scotland 10

For the SeaGuernsey Competition which runs in parallel:

Austria 1 England 2 Guernsey 2 USA 1

Belgium 1 France 1 Scotland 1

The final judging panel includes the Rouillard brothers, representatives from Channel Television and a guest from the mainland, this year Ken Wilson of Phase 4 Films.

Report on Geurnsey Lily 2003 by Dave Watterson
Big Dave Watterson is bowled over... by a lily. Read it and believe it!

11th Guernsey Lily Festival 2002 and Special Victor Hugo Competition
10th Guernsey Lily Festival 2001

Report on Geurnsey Lily 2000 by Brian Hazelden
Two and a half hours due South at a speed of nearly 40 knots on a Condor Ferries Sea Cat brought us to the island of Guernsey... It's a bit like England 30 years ago, only sunnier, petrol is 45p a litre and people seem to have time for each other.

Visit the official website.

Page updated on 21 March 2008

Authors' views are not necessarily those of The Institute of Amateur Cinematographers

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